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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Tesla feel about writing about his childhood?

2. What was Tesla's father's occupation?

3. What allowed Tesla to see inherent dangers?

4. What did Tesla say caused his visions?

5. What did Tesla do at night while at the Polytechnic School?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of school did Tesla attend? Why?

2. What dangerous trick did Tesla once pull on his friends?

3. Why did Tesla choose to write about his childhood?

4. What happened when Tesla started reading Voltaire?

5. What did Tesla choose to work on after he recovered from his breakdown in Prague?

6. What did Tesla say he got from his mother?

7. What does Tesla tell his uncle about Niagara Falls?

8. What did Tesla do in response to the death of his brother?

9. What kind of hallucinations did Tesla have as a child?

10. What did Tesla say was the purpose of an inventor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Tesla overcome his deepest sickness in life, and what changed in his personality in response to this?

Essay Topic 2

What were some of the strange quirks that Tesla had, and how did the people around him respond to these things?

Essay Topic 3

Shame and propriety are common themes throughout this book. What are some of the instances where these themes are present, and why are they so important to the people involved?

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